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LiquidPiston is testing a 10-kW generator it’s prototyped for the US military, which it claims is just a quarter of the size and weight of the current model the Army uses.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: LiquidPiston, Engine Technolo… Continue reading ‘Inside-out Wankel’ engine powers US Army’s tiny new 10-kW genset
LiquidPiston is testing a 10-kW generator it’s prototyped for the US military, which it claims is just a quarter of the size and weight of the current model the Army uses.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: LiquidPiston, Engine Technolo… Continue reading ‘Inside-out Wankel’ engine powers US Army’s tiny new 10-kW genset
Astron aerospace has shown a partial prototype of a new rotary combustion engine it claims runs at an extraordinary 60% thermal efficiency, burning totally clean with zero NOx emissions and nothing but fresh water out of the tailpipe.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading H2Starfire engine: A new and insanely efficient type of rotary
Michael Arsenaeu designed the Avadi engine 20 years ago in the hopes of creating an entirely new engine design to be efficient as well as reduce emissions. In 2015, Avadi began the build and development.Continue ReadingCategory: TransportTags: concept … Continue reading Super-compact internally rotating combustion engine packs a solid punch
Internal combustion engines have still got a few punches left in them. Case in point: Kiwi drifter “Mad Mike” Whiddett has unveiled “the wildest drift car I could think of,” built around the world’s first 5-rotor Wankel rotary engine.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading “Mad Mike” unveils world’s first 5-rotor Wankel in wild drift car
The Wankel engine seems to pop up in surprising places every so often, only to disappear into the ether before someone ultimately resurrects it for a new application and swears …read more Continue reading It’s Opposite Day For This Novel Wankel Engine
Targeted at military, commercial and aerospace applications, the XTS-210 is about the size of a basketball, weighs in at 19 kg (42 lb), and displaces 210 cc. It’ll run on multiple fuels, including diesel and kerosene/jet fuel. The company is shooting f… Continue reading “Inside-out Wankel” rotary engine delivers 5X the power of a diesel
OK, so a Wankel engine doesn’t really use a Dorito as its cylinders, but it sure looks like one. The company has announced it will offer a range extender rotary …read more Continue reading Mazda Patents Spinning Dorito to Extend EV Range
The extraordinary Crighton CR700W extracts an incredible 220 horsepower from a 690cc twin-rotor Wankel engine, and weighs just 129.5 kg (285.5 lb) dry for a MotoGP-level power-to-weight ratio. Its maker believes it could be the final word in combustion… Continue reading Wild twin-Wankel 690cc motorcycle makes 220 hp at 129.5 kg
We thought for sure that any news of an electric vehicle with a Wankel range-extender would include “Mazda” in the headline, but the honor goes to an unforeseen player: Knaus Tabbert. The European RV giant revealed its Knaus E.Power Drive research prot… Continue reading Knaus charges into the future with Wankel-boosted electric RV